Pros
Basically guaranteed work- but in my experience, severely underpaid work.
Cons
I was hired to train on the Java track for FDM, and I was hired within a month of beginning my FDM training, so I only got 4 weeks of instructed training. It took over 2 months after I was hired to actually begin working 'on-site' (although I was online full time because of quarentine). I was told that is the typical timeline, but no explanation as to why it take so long. In the meantime I was self-training, and the trainer assigned to me as a point of contact was completely unhelpful and utterly patronizing, and then when I asked him to stop repeating himself and start answering my questions, he claimed I was hysterical and reported me to the academy director- a woman who once told me the only reason I was at FDM is that I was 'clearly not successful'. When I finally got onsite I was elated to not be under FMD's schedule, but my new boss acted like he never even wanted me there. He gave me no instruction, no contacts to reach out to, left me lost in the woods. I was completely distressed, and when I had my 1 month and 3 month reviews with FDM, the HR contact literally did not listen to a word I said. When I told him, "I'm having a hard time trying to understand what my job is", and "my boss cancels our one-on-ones every week and doesn't answer my emails so I feel useless", he responded "okay great, we'll check-in at 6 months- bye!" I was flabbergasted. I then was fired from my contact for reasons unknown, but apparently were by no fault of my own, and then was contracted back with the same employer, in an analyst position, where I am basically a glorified secretary (recall I am a programmer, with coding certificate, and was accepted to the Java track- not ITSM). My new team is fine, but my new boss never even say my resume, and I never saw a job description before I was hired. And of course, you cannot refuse a job offer. I tried once to decline a second interview for a job I knew was not right for me, and was told by FDM basically to get with the system and stop being so problematic. I just am trying my hardest to do a decent job for the employer who bought my contract because I need their recommendations in the future, and I can't tell them I hate my job and I am completely miserable because if they let me go it means I'm back at the mercy of FDM, who will no doubt do whatever they can to get me back on site asap without considering what I want, what I'm good at, what's best for the client- nothing.